21.05.2003

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21/5/2003
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New Jersey Devils 6 , Montreal Canadiens 2
Shots: 20 - 26
PP: 0 of 2 (3 shots), Passing:73/88=82 %, Challenges:26/49=52 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:64/75=85 %, Challenges:23/49=46 %
Attendance: 9659 of 19040 (Continental Airlines)
Ticket income: 464598 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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01:49 0-1 Jan Bulis [4] (Miroslav Satan, Yanic Perreault)
06:28 1-1 Pavol Demitra [5] (Daniel Briere)
10:26 2-1 Jason Arnott [7] (Saku Koivu)
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23:42 3-1 Ron Francis [9] (Keith Tkachuk)
30:46 3-2 Ruslan Fedotenko [2] (Eric Chouinard, Andrei Markov)
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42:04 4-2 Brian Rafalski [1] (Daniel Briere, Ron Francis)
42:27 5-2 Daniel Briere [8] (Brian Rafalski, Ron Francis)
46:19 6-2 Ron Francis [10] (Daniel Briere, Jason Arnott)
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Penalty summary:
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10:08 Keith Tkachuk (5 min for fighting)
10:08 Jan Bulis (5 min for fighting)
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25:23 Sean Bergenheim (2 min for tripping)
27:51 Curtis Brown (2 min for cross-checking)
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58:43 Scott Stevens (2 min for roughing)
58:43 Sean Bergenheim (2 min for roughing)
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New Jersey Devils scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Randy McKay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 7.40 4
L Jason Chimera 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 13.50 5
C Ron Francis 2 2 3 0 0 0 0 5 18.10 10
L Keith Tkachuk 0 1 2 2 0 2 5 0 20.20 8
C Marty McInnis 0 0 1 2 2 1 0 -1 7.40 5
C Rob Niedermayer 0 0 0 3 1 3 0 0 13.10 7
C Daniel Briere 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 4 19.40 10
C Jason Arnott 1 1 3 2 1 2 0 1 19.40 9
R Turner Stevenson 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 7.40 6
L Richard Zednik 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 16.50 6
L Pavol Demitra 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 19.50 8
L Saku Koivu 0 1 4 0 1 0 0 1 19.40 7
D Denis Grebeshkov 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 17.00 7
D Scott Stevens 0 0 1 8 2 8 2 3 19.10 10
D Scott Niedermayer 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 23.50 7
D Derek Morris 0 0 1 2 2 2 0 0 13.20 6
D Brian Rafalski 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 4 17.10 8
D Colin White 0 0 0 4 6 4 0 0 25.20 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Martin Brodeur 2 0 24 0 0 60.00 9
G Scott Clemmensen 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Maxime Talbot 0 0 1 5 1 6 0 1 10.50 8
R Andreas Dackell 0 0 1 2 3 2 0 0 12.30 5
R Jan Bulis 1 0 3 1 0 0 5 -2 13.40 7
R Bill Guerin 0 0 3 3 3 2 0 -3 22.50 7
C Eric Chouinard 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 1 10.50 5
C Curtis Brown 0 0 0 3 1 2 2 0 10.30 7
C Yanic Perreault 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 -3 16.10 6
C Mats Sundin 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 -2 18.20 6
L Ruslan Fedotenko 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 10.50 5
L Sean Bergenheim 0 0 2 3 4 2 4 0 9.40 5
L Miroslav Satan 0 1 2 3 2 1 0 -3 19.00 7
L Tomas Plekanec 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 -2 20.30 7
D Patrice Brisebois 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 12.00 6
D Craig Rivet 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 -3 19.50 6
D Andrei Markov 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 -1 28.10 7
D Lance Pitlick 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 12.50 7
D Ryan Whitney 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 -3 19.30 7
D Andrew Ference 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 -1 27.40 5
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Mathieu Garon 6 0 14 0 0 60.00 4
G Jeff Hackett 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Ron Francis
2nd star: Daniel Briere
3rd star: Jason Arnott

Notes for New Jersey Devils:
-Ron Francis scored his 10th goal of the playoffs.
-Brian Rafalski finally ended his 56 game goal drought.

Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Andrei Markov notched his 10th assist of the playoffs.
-Mats Sundin had his 8 game point streak snapped.
-Ruslan Fedotenko ended his 5 game goal drought.
-Miroslav Satan had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
-Craig Rivet had his 6 game point streak snapped.
-Ryan Whitney had his 5 game point streak snapped.

Other notes:
-Keith Tkachuk beat Jan Bulis in a fight.